GO has introduced an international In-flight roaming service in conjunction with AeroMobile. The service is being made available on certain flights operated by Emirates Airlines, Lufthansa, Qantas Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines.
The service allows GO customers to be connected at certain times while flying with the airlines. In-flight roaming can be provided if an aircraft has a mobile phone transmitter to relay calls to and from mobile phones. Calls are then routed by satellites that in turn route the calls to and from terrestrial networks thus connecting the mobile calls to telecom networks on ground.
Mobile phones can be used as soon as the aircraft reaches cruising altitude and In-flight staff inform passengers that the use of mobile phones is permitted.
GO post-paid mobile customers can receive incoming and outgoing voice calls and SMS. Outgoing voice calls for GO mobile pre-paid customers are not yet available.